Mondi wrote:He's been on the job less than a week and you're already giving him shit eh?

Is that you Botch?

You talkin to me????

Linden + Shanny as GM = hometown hero and league sanction for a Canadian club to win in the playoffs.

Linden + some other schmuck = hometown hero and some other Canadian club gets league sanction to win in the playoffs.

Nothin against Linden, but TO is trying to stack Bettman's crooked deck with the Shanny move. Not that it will do them much good - the team as configured won't make it past conference finals even if the stars align. Not that that matters much to either MLSE or the league. A round or two and the Leafs still make wads of dough, the Canadian networks stay happy and Bettman still gets one of his favourites to win the Cup and sustain interest down south in hopes of a bigger American TV deal.

Meanwhile, the spaghetti boys pass by Nielson's statue on their way to moderate playoff revenue at best if Linden works hard and is lucky. May as well take that bronze stick and charge at a windmill for all the good it will do to their Cup aspirations.